He has his grace. All investors will recommend (and rightly so) that you diversify your investments, in order to minimize losses and not depend on a single player. But in the last quarter, the smart thing to do would have been to use all your invested money to buy Apple stock. Because it is the only one of the world’s leading tech companies that has increased in value.
Neither inflation nor the Ukraine crisis have shaken Apple
Investing in technology is exciting. Who else should be on this list? pic.twitter.com/5ltoCcF113
– Horace Dediu (@asymco) February 18, 2022
The data was provided by Horace Dediu in the tweet that you see on these lines, where a graph is attached with the evolution of the value of companies over the last hundred days. Google, Microsoft, Meta, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, Disney… they all crashed. Even cryptocurrencies have taken a hit.
The reasons for this are various, but they are mainly motivated by inflation and the Ukrainian crisis. Russian troops on the border of this country do not give peace of mind either in international diplomacy or in the markets, which was noticed, for example, in the price of oil.
And why is Apple one of the few companies to have successfully weathered this storm? Probably out of optimism given the good sales figures last month. Almost every division of Apple is growing, and customer loyalty is generally very high. The future, with several upcoming events, is also bright.
But that doesn’t mean Apple will grow forever. We are in a good moment, and there have been and will be bad moments. Markets go up and down, and no one can know what will happen in the future. For now, shareholders can be happy today.
Picture | Chris Nagahama
